Arizona's 54th Legislature's Second Regular Session

Arizona’s 54^th Legislature’s Second Regular Session begins today, January 13, 2020; legislators have already filed 284 bills. 

A summary of just a few of the bills that have been filed are as follows.  To see a complete list of bills that have been filed, go to the Arizona State Legislature website at the following link: 

Arizona State Legislature Filed Bills 

HB 2074: DEATH CERTIFICATES; GENDER

 

The person completing a death certificate is required to record the decedent’s sex to reflect the decedent’s gender identity. On being presented with a document memorializing a gender transition, a local registrar or the state registrar are required to amend the sex listed on a registered death certificate to reflect the decedent's gender identity.

 

• ARS Title Affected: 36
• First Sponsor: Rep. Gabaldon (D - Dist 2)

HB 2055: CIVIL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS; COMMUNITY RESTITUTION  

A person who violates traffic and vehicle regulation statutes may perform court-approved community restitution in lieu of paying a civil penalty, surcharge, assessment or fee. The court is prohibited from assessing the time payment fee (set elsewhere in statute and currently $20) on civil traffic violations.

• ARS Title Affected: 28
• First Sponsor: Rep. Biasiucci (R - Dist 5)

HB 2062: ANIMAL FIGHTING PARAPHERNALIA; OFFENCE

It is a class 1 (highest) misdemeanor for a person to knowingly own, possess, purchase, sell, transfer or manufacture "animal fighting paraphernalia" (defined) for the purpose of engaging in, promoting or facilitating animal fighting or cockfighting.

• ARS Title Affected: 13
• First Sponsor: Rep. Kavanagh (R - Dist 23)

 

HB 2049: MEDICAL CONDITIONS; MEDICAL MARIJUANA

 

The list of debilitating medical conditions that qualifies a person to receive a medical marijuana registry identification card is expanded to include opioid use disorder and autism spectrum disorder. Due to voter protection, this legislation requires the affirmative vote of at least 3/4 of the members of each house of the Legislature for passage.

• ARS Title Affected: 36 
• First Sponsor: Rep. Espinoza (D - Dist 19)

SB 1071: IMMIGRATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; REPEAL

Repeals the following statutes established by Laws 2010, Chapter 113 (S1070): the prohibition on state and local government agencies or governing bodies restricting the enforcement of federal immigration law; the requirement for law enforcement officials to determine the immigration status of a person at any lawful stop or arrest where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is unlawfully present in the U.S.; provisions allowing law enforcement to arrest without warrant any person the officer has probable cause to believe has committed a public offense that makes the person removable from the U.S.; the defense of entrapment for employers found to be employing unauthorized aliens; the establishment of willful failure to complete or carry an alien registration document, unlawful stopping to hire and pick up passengers for work, and unlawful application for employment or employment by an unauthorized alien as class 1 misdemeanors; the requirement that a vehicle driven in furtherance of the illegal presence of an alien in the U.S. and in violation of a criminal offense be immobilized or impounded; and the establishment of the Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM) Fund.

• ARS Titles Affected: 12, 13, 23, 28, 41
• First Sponsor: Sen. Quezada (D - Dist 29)

HB 2035: APPROPRIATION; VETERANS; SERVICES; BENEFITS COUNSELORS

Makes a supplemental appropriation of $1.2 million from the general fund in FY2020-21 to the Department of Veterans' Services to hire additional benefits counselors.

• ARS Titles Affected: 41
• First Sponsor: Rep. Andrade (D - Dist 29)

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